NYC launches Roosevelt-era effort to create jobs, clean up city
Mayor Bill de Blasio is taking a leaf out of the FDR playbook to help the city recover from the corona virus pandemic. Roosevelt established
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City celebrates Google commitment to New York
Google has announced it will create 3,000 new jobs in New York City this year as part of a $250 million expansion. Mayor Bill de
Lorraine Grillo tapped as city’s Recovery Czar
New York’s school construction boss Lorraine Grillo has been tapped as the city’s COVID Recovery Czar. Mayor Bill de Blasio said that as new Senior
Trottenberg resigns as city’s DOT Commissioner
Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Polly Trottenberg today announced her resignation from the de Blasio administration, effective in early December. Trottenberg has served as DOT
L+M signs historic hiring deal with laborers union
Affordable housing giant L+M Development Partners has struck a major hiring deal with Laborers’ Local 79, the biggest laborers’ Local in North America. It will
NYBC weighs in on what to do with an empty Rikers Island
The New York Building Congress has released a new report detailing how it would transform the Rikers Island jail complex after it closes in 2027.
Oxford tops out Google’s new digs at St John’s Terminal
Oxford Properties Group, joined by Turner Construction, Google and COOKFOX Architects, today raised the final steel beam of the St. John’s Terminal development and raised
Flatbush gets its first historic district
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) today designated the East 25th Street Historic District in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. The East 25th Street Historic
NYC on edge as 2020 Election gets underway
Building owners and businesses have turned Manhattan back into plywood city in a bid to protect their property from protestors. In scenes reminiscent of the
New Yorkers stand up to be counted
Mayor de Blasio and NYC Census 2020 Director Julie Menin announced preliminary self-response data based on the City of New York’s first-of-its-kind campaign to ensure